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How to merge WordPress blogs together

Maybe you will never, ever decide to merge the posts from one of your WordPress blogs into another. But if you do, as I once did, you might find this list of instructions helpful. Terminology check: “merging” blog refers to the blog that’s going to have all its posts moved into another one, and the

Coming up with new blog posts

Coming up with ideas for blog posts is one of the toughest challenges a blogger faces. We’ve talked before about using a feedreader to speed up your blog writing. That may be all you need if most of your posts involve linking to someone else’s and then offering insights of your own. It can also

Zoho Mail: a serious free email contender

More than two years ago, I chose Zoho Mail as my free email provider, and I’ve been very happy with them ever since. In light of the recent PRISM scandal, a few people using free email from providers named in that debacle have asked me how I liked Zoho. Update: I wrote this article in

Zoho Notebook and Zoho apps

I found Zoho back in 2007 when I was looking for an online notebook app, and I think it’s time to update the review I wrote then. Zoho’s come a long way in the past three years. It’s now my go-to app for working in the cloud. I should mention a few personal rules I

WordPress 406 errors "Not acceptable…"

Getting a Wordpress 406 “Not Acceptable” error when you try to publish, edit, add an image, change an option, etc.? (It can be almost anything.) You need a new host, but in the meantime, we’ve got some code that’ll help you for the moment.

Redirect a subdomain to totally different URL

This article gives you the code you need to redirect from a subdomain like “http://blog.oldsite.com” to an entirely different domain, like “http://mynewsite.com.” How to use the code is explained in detail.

Working with Personas

We recently talked about using personas to target ads. The idea was that by forming a vision of who your readers/customers are and how they live, you could begin to guess what sort of advertising would be effective with them. But there’s actually so much more you can do with personas. Personas: the How To

How to: WordPress stuck in maintenance mode

One day, you’re updating your WordPress plugins automatically, all of them at the same time, and thinking how nice it is you don’t have to do them one at a time anymore. Life sure is sweet, you’re thinking, as you pour yourself a beverage of your choice and sit back to watch WordPress do your

Use a feedreader to speed up your blog writing

Finding topics to write about is one of the most common problems for bloggers. There aren’t a lot of topics most of us could have a conversation about daily, let alone post an article about daily. We’re always looking for new ways to keep the inspiration flowing. If your current approach to blogging is something

Trust circles, word of mouth marketing and social media

There are tons of articles talking about just how far Twitter, Facebook or your blog can or can’t take you. Is it worth your time to become a high profile Digg user? Delicious user? Etc. I think it all depends on whether you know what to use social networking for. Namely, the online equivalent of